Door-securing device.



E. B. NOEL.

DOOR SECURING DEVICE.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY a, 1912.

Patented v9.1.3, 1912.

WMM/woon I nNI'ED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELISI-IA B. NOEL, OF CORDELL, OKLAHOMA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TOCHARLES O. CARLISLE, OF CORDELL, OKLAHOMA.

DOOR-SECURING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1912.

Application led .Tuly 8, 1912. SerialyNo. 708,341.

To all whom 'it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIsHA B. NOEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cordell, in the county of Vashita and State of Oklahoma,have invented cert-ain new and useful Improvements in Door-SecuringDevices, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates generally to the class of builders hardware, andmore particularly to door securers.

The invention has for its primary object a simple, durable andefficientconstruction of door-holding device which is composed ofcomparatively few parts that may be cheaply manufactured and readilyassembled, the device being strong and not liable to get out of orderand being compact so that it may be easily carried around in a travelershand bag, or in the pocket.

The invention also has for one of its objects an improved device of thischaracter which may be easily applied to a door on the inside of a roomso as to securely hold the door tightly closed, whereby the occupant ofthe room may feel secure against intrusion and whereby at the same time,the door will be held firmly and prevented from rattling or fromadmitting rain or snow. And the invention also aims to generally improvedevices of this class so as to render them more useful and commerciallydesirable.

l/Vith these and other objects in View, as

will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the inventionconsists in certain constructions, arrangements and combinations of thepart-s that I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim. For a fullunderstanding of the invention, reference is to be had to .the followingdescription and accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure l is a horizontal sectional view through a portion of a door andits casing illustrating the application of the device, the door-securingdevice being shown in section with parts in elevation. Fig. 2 is adetail perspective view of the casing engaging member. Fig. 3 is asection as seen on the line 3 3, of Fig. 1. Fig. 1 is a view of amodified form of the device, one part being shown in section, and, Fig.5 is a detail perspective view of another modification.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and designated in the accompanying drawing by like referencecharacters.

In that form or embodiment of my invention illustrated in Fig. 1, thenumeral 1 designates the door casing engaging member which is in theform of a preferably tapered metal bar provided near one end and on oneface with a lug 2 designed for insertion in the strike or keeper for thedoor latch. The casing engaging member l is also formed with a pluralityof apertures 3 eX- tending therethrough for purposes of adjustment, aswill be hereinafter more specifically set forth, and its end oppositethe lug 9. is preferably curved laterally, as indicated at 4, to form afinger piece, whereby it may be conveniently manipulated.

My improved door securer also includes a latch arm 5 which is in theform of a rod,-

one end of which is designed to be inserted in any of the apertures 3 ofthe casing engaging member 1, and the other end of which is formed witha head 6 having a threaded opening 7 extending therethrough. A threadedadjusting rod 8 works through the threaded opening 7, said rod being provided at one end with a preferably milled knob or linger piece 9 whichis adapted to bear against the outer end of a door engaging member 10.This door engaging member is formed at one end with an opening 11through which the threaded actuating rod 8 freely moves, and is formedat its opposite end with a disk-like head 12, which is preferably flatand smooth so that it will not mar or in any wise injure the doorsurface against which it is intended to be placed. The door engagingmember is further formed with a longitudinal slot 13, through which thelatch rod 5 extends outwardly in a lateral direction.

From as much of the description as has preceded in connection with thecorrelated views of the accompanying drawing, it will be understood thatin the practical application of the device, the lug 2 of the casingengaging member 1 is inserted in the lat-ch strike or keeper of thedoor-frame with the curved end 4 projecting inwardly. The door is thenclosed and the other main part of the device is then placed in positionwith the head 12 against the inner face of the door and with therelatively free extremity of the latch rod 5 inserted in the mostconvenlienty aperture 3. The finger knob 9 is then not limited to thatform or embodiment of' the invention illustrated in Fig. l, but thatvarious changes may be made in the construction, arrangement andproportions of the parts Without. departing from the scope of theinvention, as defined in the appended claims.

For example, if desired, I may dispense With the tubular door engagingmember l0 and use in lieu thereof, a door engaging member l()a in theform of a button having a tlatsurface to engage the door and having auniversal joint connection With one end of the actuating rod Sa, thelatter, in the present instance, being formed with a substantiallyspherical head and the door engaging member with a correspondinglyshaped socket l5, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 4, or if desired,instead of the door engaging member 10 or 10, I may use a door engagingmember such as that designated l()b and illustrated in Fig. 5, the samebeing in the form of an arched bar With ends 16 designed to engage thedoor surface and With an apertured cross bar 17, in Which the threadedactuating screw 8 Works.

It Will thus be seen that I have provided a very simple and eficientdoor securing device ivhich may be easily and cheaply manufactured,which will take up very little space, and consequently, capable of beingcarried around in a traveling grip or in ones pocket and Which may bequickly applied to securely hold a door in closed position and locked onthe inside of a room, whereby the occupant of the room may feel secureas against intrusion.

I'Vhat I claim is:-

1. A door securer comprising a casing engaging member formedintermediate its ends With a plurality of openings, a hollow cylindricaldoor engaging member formed With a cylindrical opening in one end andclosed at the other end, said door engaging member being free fromengagement With the casing engaging member, a threaded actuating rodextending longitudinally Within said door engaging member and beingprojected beyond the open end of the same, and a latch rod enlarged atone end and provided With a threaded opening through which saidactuating rod Works, said door engaging meniber being longitudinallyslotted to permit of the movement of the latch rod Within the same.

2. A door securer, including a casing vengaging member provided With alaterally projecting lug andformed intermediate of its ends With aplurality of apertures eX- tending therethrough, a longitudinallyslotted door engaging member, a threaded actuated rod extendinglongitudinally Within said door engaging member and being projectedbeyond one end of the same, and a latch red insertible Within any of theapertures in said casing engaging member and provided at one end With athreaded opening through which said actuated rod Works, said latch rodbeing longitudinally movable along the slot formed in the door engagingmem er. v

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence oftivo witnesses.

ELISHA B. NOEL.

Witnesses:

F. WV. SUTTON, C. I. PETTY.

v Copies of this patentmay be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

